Chapter 270

Wang Rou certainly knew this too.

But since this money was missing now, it must have been hidden by Wang Rou somewhere.

"I didn't expect that you would want to scheme against me one last time before you die?" Duan Yu looked at Wang Rou and smiled: "If..."

"If I were to agree to you, and release one son of yours and one son of your younger brother Wang Ze."

"If you were sent to Luoyang for trial, and you said this during the process, wouldn't I be privately releasing a major criminal of the imperial court?"

"Then wouldn't everything I've done, not to mention being in vain, probably be offset by my merits and demerits?"

"Do you think..."

"I would take my future prospects and exchange them for the huge wealth you speak of?"

"You wouldn't think that I am greedy and stupid to that extent, would you?"

Wang Rou shook his head with a bitter smile.

Then he said: "No, you misunderstood."

"I didn't want to scheme against you; what I said is the truth, it is a fact."

Duan Yu shook his head: "Your kind of truth, your kind of fact, does not get trust from me."

"A lesson from the past; you wouldn't think my memory is that short, would you?"

Duan Yu's gaze turned to the hundred or so children not far away.

In Mount Tanhan, if Wang Rou hadn't said that sentence, perhaps Kuitou might still be alive.

A living Xianbei Chanyu and a dead Xianbei Chanyu are certainly different.

Wang Rou had tricked him once with just two sentences.

Although now it seems that the lives of these hundred or so children are higher than a Marquis within the Passes, this still doesn't change the fact that Wang Rou tricked him once.

He had now pushed the entire Wang clan into the abyss.

Personally sent them to the guillotine; would Wang Rou really be so kind?

What if he tricked him again?

Although he was very tempted by that money, he could still distinguish which was more important compared to this merit.

Wang Rou shook his head and explained: "If you hadn't chosen to save these children, I would never have come to you to talk about this."

"What I said to you today, only I know, and even my younger brother doesn't know."

"I believe you are a person who keeps his promises."

"I don't need your agreement either."

"I will use my own way to prove that I absolutely have no intention of scheming against you."

After saying this, Wang Rou stood up.

Facing the direction of Mount Tanhan.

"You are very good."

Wang Rou said with his back to the campfire: "Courage and strategy gathered in one body; you are one of the few people I have seen in my life who can accomplish great things."

"Compared to your father-in-law Dong Zhuo, you have more potential to accomplish great things."

"But there is one thing you haven't learned yet."

Duan Yu frowned slightly.

Is this "the words of a dying man are good"?

Duan Yu did not interrupt Wang Rou, but let him continue.

"In this life, the only sin one cannot escape is the guilt in one's heart!"

"If one can overcome this, one will be invincible in the world."

"Goujian of Yue endured humiliation and bore burdens, entered Wu for three years, and his wife served the ministers of Wu."

"Gao Zu endured his parents, wife, and concubines being captured by the Hegemon, and even wanted to eat his father's flesh."

"Although you are brave and good at planning, you alone cannot escape the guilt in your heart; otherwise, before the Shuochou River, you would never have used Kuitou to exchange for these children."

Wang Rou turned his head, his long, narrow eyes revealing a bit of sharp light like an old fox.

"I know this about you, which is why I have this transaction."

"I believe... you will agree."

After saying this, Wang Rou walked to the campfire where he was being held and sat down.

Leaving Duan Yu alone sitting by the campfire, somewhat lost in thought.

"Guilt in the heart, huh?"

The next morning.

Just when Duan Yu hadn't opened his eyes yet.

Tie Shitou suddenly ran to the outside of Duan Yu's tent in a panic and shouted loudly: "Big Brother Duan, it's not good, Wang Rou is dead!" ===== CHAPTER 272 =====